Back to the gym

“March 11, 2005 --- 233.
June 17, 2005 --- 201

I did not achieve my objectives, but the weight loss has helped. Also, my legs are carring me faster on the trails, but my indurance has not increased adequately. Because of too much rain this Spring, I only did short, backpacking trips. Then I would be out of the woods waiting for the rain to quit and eating too much in restaurante. The weather finally changed, but I had lost most of my inspiration and returned home 2-3 weeks early.

I, also, regressed during three weeks. That was when I went to Damascus, Virginia, for Trail Days and then to Iowa for my daughter's graduation from Grinnell College.”

“benchpress 150lbs. thats my body weight.

and do a floor "L" seat for 10 seconds and press into a floor handstand.

Is that good?”

“how many times can you do the 150 bench?”

“nowslimmer, 30 pounds loss is excellent! Good for you!”

“oh gosh...I'll have to get back on track. It'll gonna take me a couple of days.”

“thats it. but, I can dead lift my 16' canoe from the ground to the top of my truck and toss all the gear and saw cords of wood for major bonfires too...so, I'm not sure what my point is, I'm just being funny...more funny than the slobs that laugh at LOTR spoofs, which I don't get at all.

I really applaude each person for doing what they are doing instead of complaining how fat they are getting and how tired they are all the time. So, in my jesting, I hope you all know that I admire you all too.”

“10 is sweet!

Good job.

Gem - What are you waiting for ... go! go! go!

Anyways, off to the gym (for real) ...

Anybody else?

(I don't get that LOTR spoof either. Well, I get it, but it's not funny.)”

“wow nowslimmer....your now a stick! :)


Thar lotr thing was funny :) lol

I will be hitting the gym again tonight. I love it. Nobody else in the whole gym at night- all to myself so I can shake my booty, lunge, and sing at the top of my lungs as I do my workout without worry :)”

“maroons that went and saw Titanic more than 1 time.”

“those are the same...
“maroons that went and saw Titanic more than 1 time.”
stikmon
5:20:48 PM
6/17/05
ignore this user

:( I guess I am a morron...:(”

“Gem - Today was a slack day.

We need a nice TR tomorrow evening.”

“yeah...it was a very slack day today for me. you didnt have to tell thou. Damn...that's okay...i'll go tomorrow and do double work... i have all day ya know. remember i have no life.”

“no slackin for me :) goin to the gym again tonight after work. So tired lol...been up since 5 on 4 hours of sleep without one moments rest today :)”

“i could go right now..but i am about to pass out that's how tired I am....so i'll go early tomorrow after I picked up the kids from camp.

I am almost excited.takes a while for me to get back into the mind of a worker outer. *grins*”

“gem, you were always out of your mind...what makes you think you were ever in it?


Going in a few minutes...just have to shut down everything :)”

“no life huh...whats up? seems to me you have a pretty damn good life.”

“yeah...I do huh? I can hike, I can go places...yeah...you're right stikmon, I do have a pretty damn good life.”

“Has anyone here heard of exercise induced asthma?”

“Gem, I hope you made it.

I missed a day yesterday because I had to pick up a friends dog at Peter's Mountain (central PA) but got 2 lifting workouts in today to make up for it and some time on the bike also.

Then ... it was off to a BBQ/bonfire and put those pounds right back on again. Yeah ba-by!

That's what summer is for! (aside from camping and hiking)”

“sunshine, I've heard of it, but know nothing about it

This page has a lot of info ...
http://www.physsportsmed.com/issues/1999/11_99/lacroix.htm
last edited: 6/18/05 10:17:16 PM”

“HeeHee...almost didn't make it. I got my butt to the gym at 9:30PM...but hey...I went..and I did what I had to do. :D

2 workouts in one day? You're as nuts as me...but I don't do that alot...”

“I should work out today...and do a double work out as I went to one cook out yesterday and will be going to another today...


man im getting old..its getting harder and harder to party consecutivly....”

“going again...boy it'll take me a couple days to enjoy this again...really am not in the gym mood yet...

okay...going now...[someone kick me in the arse please...i can't get out of this chair]”

“I'll kick ya, if you promise not to hit back!”

“No workouts for me since arriving home. But I've had several, nice, steam baths. Trying to rid my body of all those mountain bugs. However, I may swim or workout tomorrow, and in the evening I will be back in my aikijutsu class.

My discounted senior membership costs me $34 per month. I did not have to pay for most of the time while gone. I left on March 18th. Stopped payments have to be for at least one month and start on the 1st of a month. This can be done twice a year. Upon my return the other day, my June rate was pro-rated as starting on the day of my return.

Can't beat these fees. For me use of the steam room alone is worth much more than my dues. And my martial arts instruction is free with my membership. I don't think one can obtain martial arts instruction for #34 per month anywhere.”

“tsk...too late...

I am back...and I did go. Not sure...but I think the new exercise plan he gave me isn't really doing anything for me...

I liked the last one much better. I need to talk to him about it...but then...I'll get a new plan in one week anyway...so I guess I can deal with it until then.”

“Gem can I still kick you?”

“too late!! should've kicked my ass when you had the chance...lil' pervert!”

“how bout today? I cvan kick you today? I dont need to be kicked. I'm having lots of fun at teh gym :)”

“Gotta get this off my chest...

What's up with fat people doing the abdominal machines at the gym? Are they trying to look fatter? Are they trying to give themselves a hiatal-hernia?

Get on the stepper and start stepping!!”

“LMAO lol

I'm glad I dont have to look at anyone else at teh gym. When I go there is absolutly NOONE in there :)~ not that many people use the gym at work even in the day. The busyiest time is noon when a few joggers come down to use the treadmills.”

“abdominal machines ? I'm going to have to ask about these today.

I don't notice most of the others. I just do my own thing. But pretty girls do catch my eye.”

“What's up with fat people doing the abdominal machines at the gym?
Sarge
8:57:37 AM
6/20/05

at least they are doing something instead of sitting home on the couch. Instead of criticing give them some encouragement. They have to start somehwere and who knows maybe they already hit the stair climber and you didn't see it.”

“i love watching guys work their abs for an hour.

who knows, maybe the spot reduction theory was right after all. (/sarcasm)

i don't say anything.
if everyone had a six pack it'd make me look that much worse.”

“HeeHeeHee.... you're bad!!! :D

I did the ab machine yesterday for the fun of it, but we have a small gym, so only one ab machine and my little midget elbows don't reach the cusion, so it don't do me much good. :(”

“Amen Ewker.”

“at least they are doing something instead of sitting home on the couch. Instead of criticing give them some encouragement. They have to start somehwere and who knows maybe they already hit the stair climber and you didn't see it. - Ewker

Ewker, so what you're saying is that that is you? LOL - I do give them encouragement Ewker, but that is NOT the place to start "somewhere". And considering I'm at the gym a lot longer than they are, I can plainly see that they didn't hit the stair climber or they only gave it about 5-10 minutes, but that's irrelevant. What's relevant is they are doing more harm than good by doing those ab machines and it pisses me off that the trainers put them on those machines.

My whole point is fat people (no offense) should not waste their time on them, get on the stepper or the eliptical or the bike and get stepping.”

“and to clarify - There is nothing wrong IMO with somebody who is in shape, like Gem, doing the ab machines. They're great! Just not for fat people.”

“Yes, Gemini is in top shape.”

“Hubba hubba!”

“sarge, I see your trying to make this personal eh. I use to weigh a lot more than I do now. You like to keep bringing up the pic of me when I was heavier. I am glad you like that pic. I have a stalker..woohoo but sorry sarge I don't swing that way.

back to the point of working out. It doesn't matter what they do as long as they do something. They can do 10 minutes on the bike, step, treadmill to warm up. You don't have to stay on those forever before you start your workout program.”

“Right, the first thing needed is development of the habit of going-in and doing a workout. The rest will then fall in place.”

“Ewker - good job on the losing weight! I bring up the picture when you're attacking me personally. Sort of a "look in the mirror" for you. You made it sound as if I am not encouraging to those people in the gym and am wrong for "sitting on my couch" while they're making an attempt. You turned it personal. Again, good job on losing weight, but you don't know me, so be careful guessing my intentions and motivations for saying things. This isn't the gym, so I wasn't talking about anybody here, including you, so don't take it personally.

I beg to disagree completely with your 2nd paragraph. It does matter what they do, and they are doing more harm than good. They are better off staying home than doing those machines when they are fat.

They need to establish good habits early. One hiatal hernia early on, and they're done for. If they get on those machines and notice they're getting bigger instead of smaller, they're also done for b/c they'll lost motivation. It happens ALL THE TIME.”

“Ewker, so what you're saying is that that is you?
Sarge
9:58:57 AM
6/20/05


sarge, sounded like you were making it personal.”

“Yes I was.

In response to this:

Instead of criticing give them some encouragement.

Again, this is not the gym. You are sounding as if you need to teach me how to talk to people at the gym. I am perfectly aware of how to do that. This is a discussion board where I simply stated that it bugs me to see these people waste their money, time, and hurt their bodies. I don't need you to "teach" me how to encourage them. I don't need your criticism. Right back 'atcha.

You made it personal - so I responded in kind. I used to not do that, but as you know, you and a few others have a habit of just going and going with the personal attacks, so I decided a few months ago when that happens I'll do it right back. Whenever I do, you sould like a cry-baby. You can dish it like it's nothing, but you can't take it.

Get over it Ewker.”

“hey guys...sooooo who is going to the gym today?? anyone?? I did abs last night, so today it's upper arms, shoulders, back...yuck!!

I don't like my new plan, I need to get it over and done with so I can get another plan.

And don't you all dare to ignore this post!! ;)”

“I'm going after going to the physical therapist.

He's kills me anyways - he's the strength trainer for the local hockey farm team, the Hershey Bears. He's pretty tough, but I like that.

Then off to lift ...

Gem, I saw your arms from your Cali trip. Dang! You said you were out of shape?! What are you talking about?”

“sarge as usual you try to turn it around.”

“my upper body is pretty good, not a lot of fat, it's the ass and legs I am talking about, they need LOT of work.

Going to the gym late this afternoon. slowly getting back into it after cali...took me a couple of days. LOL

Yeah, tough trainers are the best. I guess that's why I never really liked the golds gym, their trainers are sissy trainers, at least here they are.”